Rotary type-supply drum.



W. WRIGHT.

ROTARY TYPE SUPPLY DRUM. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10, 1909. RENEWED ocT. 6,1916.

1,226,046. Patented May15, 1917.

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WALTER WRIGHT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ROTARY TYPE-SUPPLY DRUM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 10, 1909, Serial No. 482,530. Renewed October 6, 1916. Serial No. 124,206.

To all "whom it may] concern.

Be it-known, that I, VVAL'rnn \Vnrsrrr, a citizen of the, United States, residing at tate of New York, have in ltotary Type-Supply Drums, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a rotary type supply drum, or magazine for carrying a quantity of grooved type, loosely slidable in channels therein, together with a holder suitable for receiving type from said magazine, so that when placed therein an impression may be taken from the face of said type,

when said holder is placed in, and used in connection with a machine constructed for.

that purpose.

The object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this character simple in construction and capable of being used with great speed and accuracy for setting up type in name and address holders, which may be done by sliding type from the channels of the type drum into corresponding channels in a holder, by the use of a pointed stick or other suitable instrument, such holder being adapted for use in connection with a machine for printing the names and addresses on the headings of typewritten letters, when it is desirable to send the same letter, or subject matter, to a number of different firms or individuals, as is customary in circularizing, and also for printing such names and addresses on cards, for card indexes, or upon away.

statements, envelops and similar purposes.

The object of the invention however is understood not to be limited in its use to these particular purposes, as any suitable member for holding type, and receiving it from the different channels of the type drum, from which a printed impression could be taken when placed in a machine for that purpose, may be substituted for the holder here shown, aswill be readily understood from the drawings and description here given.

Figure 1, is a side elevation of my apparatus partly in section. Fig. 2, is an end View of same,.parts of which are broken Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a Inetalbase from which extend supports 2, for ashaft 3, which rotates in bearings d, in the upper ends of said supports. To said shaft is secured by screws, the hubs 5, of a type drum 6, so as to rotate therewith. Said type drum is composed of end supports 7, which extend from the hubs 5, to the rims 8, upon which are supported ribs or rails 9 which extend longitudinally across the drum from one rim to the other. The said rails 9 are set a short distance apart so as to form grooves or type channels 9, between said rails, and in which are slidably carried, grooved type 10. The shaft 3, extends be yond the end of the type drum on the left, andhas secured thereto, and rotating therewith, an index wheel 12, which is of the same diameter as the type drum, and similar in construction to the ends thereof. Said index wheel 12, has on its upper side or face, a character index 14, and attachedto one of the supports 7 of said index wheel, is a shaft 15, on which as will be hereafter explained, is loosely mounted a handle 16. Mounted on said shaft 15 and slidable longitudinally thereon is a sleeve 13, to the inner side of which is secured a centering and locking pin 19, the right end of which is located in, and

slidable through, a hole 17 in one of the supports 7 of the index wheel. The movement of the handle 16, and therefore also of the sleeve 13 to the right, causes the pin 19 to enter any one of a series of holes 20, in the stationary locking plate 21, which is supported by rods 21, and when said handle 16, and therefore with it the sleeve 13 and the locking pin 19, are moved on the shaft 15, to the left, the locking pin will be withdrawn from the hole 20 far enough to the left to remove it out of contact with the locking plate 21, so that it may, together with the index wheel and type drum, be rotated without coming in contact with any of the holes of the locking plate. When it is again clesired to lock the drum from further rotation, this can be done by pressing the handle to the ri ht against the pressure of the spring 18 so that the centering or locking pin 19 will again enter any one of the holes 20 of the locking plate 21, which is at that time opposite thereto, thus again locking, the drum from further rotation until the pin 19 is again withdrawn by sliding the handle 16 to the left, in which position it is normally held by the pressure of the spring 18.

On a frame 22,supported by an upward extension 23, from the support 2 on the left, is slidably supported in undercut grooves 24;, a carriage 25, in which there is removably carried a holder 26, in which are longitudinal type channels 27. Said holder is Patented May 15, an. I

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locked in said carriage on its lower side by a pro]ect1on or hp 28, and on its upper side by a tongue 29, of a lever 30 pivoted on said carriage at 31. Said carriage 25, may be locked in any one of several positions against upward or downward movement by a- V- 'shaped spring 33, which meshes in any one of a series of V-shaped recesses 34, on the bottom of said carria e. The said carriage however, may be moved upwardor downward by overcoming the pressure of said spring, and thus raising. its end out of any one of said recesses 34:, but when said spring is centered in any one of said recesses, one of the type channels 27 of the holder, will then be in alinement with one of the type channels 9 of the type drum, if drum is at that time locked against further rotation by the locking pin 19 then being in one of the holes 20 in the locking plate 21., and

when the holder 26 and the type drum 6 are in such positions, the type 10 may, by sliding the same with a pointedstick or any other suitable instrument be moved from a type channel 9 of the type drum, into one of the type channels 27, of the name and address holder.

As there are as many holes 19 in the locking plate 21, as there are type channels in the type drum, any one of said type channels may be locked opposite to a fixed pointer 35, secured to the locking plate 21; therefore by using each type channel of the type drum for a different character or type, and by placing a cut or impression of such characters on the index 14, directly opposite to the type channels in which the different type are carried, then by rotating said type drum until the pointer 35 is directly opposite to the desired character on said index, if the type drum is then locked at that point, by the locking pin 19, the type channel of the type drum containing type of the same character as that show'n'on the index directly opposite to the said pointer, will then be in alinement with a type channel 27 of the holder 26, so that one or more of such type may then be moved from the channel of the type drum, into a type channel of the holder, and this operation may be repeated until all the type of different characters desired, have been moved from the different channels of the type drum into one of the channels of the holder 26, for the purpose of setting up a name and address, or other type faced matter therein.

,From the frame 22 extends anarm 36, on

V which is adjustably supported an arm rest 87, on a shaft 38 threaded at its lower end so that by turning said shaft, the arm rest 37 may be raised or lowered to suit the convenience' of the user. I

On the left side of the type drum,there is provided a stationary guard plate 89 supported from the base 1, and which fits close to the ends of the type channels of the tye drum for the purpose of preventlng the removal of the type therefrom, except at the point where said plate is cut away a sulficient distance to allow the upward or downward movement of the holder, so that any one of the type channels thereof, to be brought into alinement with any one of the type channels of the type drum, so that the ends of the type channels of the type drum, will fit closely up against the end of-a type channel of the holder, and thus make one continuous type channel in both the holder and type drum, so that type may be moved out of a channel in either into a channel into the other without passing through any intermediate part. On the right end ofsaid type drum, the rim 8 is extended upward past the ends of the type channels 9, thus preventing the removal of type from the channels at that end of the drum.. I

The distance from one type channel to another, in the holder 26, may be varied to suit conditions, by having the undercut recesses 34: on the carriage 25, placed nearer to each other, or farther. apart from each other, thus varying the distance of one line of type from another, or one type channel from the other, and this change can be made in connection with the holder and carriage, without the necessity of changing in any detail the construction of the type drum, the

position of the type channels in said drum, or interfering in any manner with the index, centering or locking pin, or any other part of the construction.

The channels in the holder 26, in which it is usually necessary to economize room, may be placed more closely together than the channels in the drum 6, as shown. The ends of the holder 26 close those channels in the drum 6, which are next above and below the channel from which type is being transferred. Moreover, there is'no liability of the operator making a mistake through having more than one channel in the type drum registering with channels in the holder 26.

I claim:' I V 1. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a frame, a type drum, channels on said drum for carrying grooved type, an index with characters displayed thereon, type in said channels corresponding to the characters displayed on said index opposite thereto, a pointer, a type holder having a series of longitudinal type channels therein, said holder being supported on the frame between said type drum, and said index, a handle for rotating said drum and index in unison, and means associatedwith said handle for locking said drum and index, so that anyone of the channels of the type drum maybe locked in alinement with one of theichannels'of the holder, substantially as described.

channels, a stationary pointer supported on said frame, a type holder having type channels therein corresponding with the channels in said drum, said holder being supported from the frame, a handle for rotating said drum and index, and means associated with said handle for locking said drum and index when any character displayed on said index i s opposite to said pointer, and means whereby one of the channels of said holder will be inalinement with the channel of the drum carrying type of the same character as that displayed on said index opposite to said pointer, when so locked, so'that type may be moved from said drum, into one of the channels of the holder, substantially as described.

In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a frame, a type drum, type channels on said drum for carrying grooved type, a character index having characters displayed thereon opposite to said channels, a stationary pointer, a type holder having channels therein suitable for holding grooved type, means for supporting said holder, a handle for rotating said drum, and means associated with said handle for locking said drum from further rotation when any character on the index plate is opposite to said pointer, a carriage for adjustably supporting said holder, and means whereby any one of the type channels in said holder may be brought into alinement with the end of the type channel on said drum, containing type of the same character as that displayed on said index, opposite to said pointer, substantially as described.

t. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a frame, a type drum, type carried on said drum, a character index rotatable therewith, a pointer, a type holder, a carriage for supporting said holder, means whereby said carriage may be raised or lowered so thatany one of the type channels therein may be brought into alinement with any one of the channels of the type drum, a handle for rotating said drum, and means associated with said handle for locking said drum when any one of its channels is in alinement with the end of one of the channels of said holder, substantially as described; I

8. In an apparatus of the characterdescribed, the combination of a frame, a type drum, type channels on said drum for carry- 1 mg grooved type, grooved type in said I channels capable of being moved longitudinally in said channels, a character index having characters displayed thereon to correspond with the type carried in the different channels of said drum,apointer,atype form holder having longitudinal-type channels therein, a carriage for supporting said holder, means through the movement of said carriage for bringing any one of the type channels of said holder into alinement with any desired channel of the type drum,

a handle and means associated with said handle for locking any type channel of said drum, opposite to a channel of said type form holder, substantially as described.

6. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a frame, a type drum, type carried thereby, a character index, a pointer, means supported on said frame between said drum and index for receiving type from said drum, means for rotating said drum and index in unison, and means associated with said rotating means for locking said drum, sothat type of any desired character may be removed from said drum into said receiving means, substantially as described.

7. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a frame, movable means for carrying grooved type, an index movable therewith, a type holder supported on said frame between said index and type carrying means, type channels in said holder and in said type carrying means, the distance between the channels in said holder being different from the distance between said channels in the type carrying means, and means associated with said holder whereby any one of its channels may be brought into alinement with any one of the type channels on said type carrying means, substantially as described.

thetype channels of the said type holder.*

9. The combination of a revoluble type magazine having type channels open at their ends, a stationary guard plate to close the ends of saidchannels, said guard plate having an opening, and a support for detachably receiving a type holder in posi tion to occupy the recess in said guard plate, the holder having type channels set at intervals disagreeing with those in the magazine. 7

10. The combination'with a horizontally disposed movable type magazine provided with type channels, a support at one end of the magazine for receiving a type holder, of

a multiple channeled type holder adjustably mounted on said support and a stationary guard forming a closure for the type channels of the magazine, said guard having an opening with which any of the channels of the holder may register and into which said holder is movable.

11. The combination with a rotary type 1 nee-p46 .16. The combination with a revoluble magazine carrying a supply of. type ar ranged in rows horizontally on its periphery, of a chase supported at one end of said magazine and movabletransversely thereto,

' means for indexing and rotating said magamagazine having a plurality of open ended channels spaced about its periphery, of a type holder slidably mounted tangentially to the periphery of said magazine, said holder having a plurality of channels'differently spaced from those of the magazine and means whereby any groove in said holder may be brought into intimate contact with any groove in said magazine.

13. The combination with a cylindrical type magazine and a frame in which it may rotate, of a fiat type holder adapted to receive type from said magazine, a slide in which said holder may move longitudinally and a support for said slide, said slide being movable laterally of the channels in said type holder and being directly engageable therewith. p

14. The combination with a cylindrical type magazine having open ended channels, of an apertured closure for the channels, a type holder having channels registerable with the magazine channels, through the aperture, a slide upon which said type holder is removably engaged, means for'iclamping said holder in said slide and means for moving said slide laterally ofthe channels. 15-. The combination with a revoluble iii-agazine carrying a supply of type arranged in rows horizontally on its periphery and a chase supported adjacent to one end of said magazine and movable traiisversely thereto, of means for indexing and rotating said'magazine and meanswhereby said chase may be movedlinearly into such relation with saidmagazine as to receive or deliver type directly to or from any alined row of type therein.

zine, means whereby said chase may be moved linearlyinto such relation with said magazine as to receive or deliver type directly to or from any alined row or type therein, and means for preventing the es cape of type from any other row. of said magazine. V I

17 The combination with a type magazine having uniformly spaced opei'rchair nels and means for preventing the exten- S1011 of type except at a predetermined point, of a movable type holder having channels therein spaced diii'erently from the channels ofthe said magazine, each of the channels being registerable with any of the magazine channels and capable of interchanging type directly therewith either to or from.

18. The combination in a typesetter, with arevoluble cylinder having longitudinal type grooves and mounted to rotate upon a horizontal axis, of a'type holder provided with a plurality of grooves adapted to receive type, a support at one end of said cylinder and a slide movable in said support operable at a tangent to said cylinder and" carrying said holder in such manner that any of its grooves may-be placed in register with one of the grooves in said cylinder.

19. The combination in a typesetter, with a revoluble cylinder having longitudinal type grooves and mounted to rotate upon a horizontal axis, of a type holder provided with a plurality of grooves adapted to receive type, a support at one end of said cylinder, a slide movable, in said support operable ata tangent to said cylinder and carrying said holder in such manner that any of its grooves may be placed in register with one of the grooves in said cylinder, means for rotating said cylinder, an index therefor, and a locking means whereby said cylinder may be held in any desired registration.

In testimony whereofl have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

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